Associate Professor (Practice Track) in Integrated Sustainable Design

The National University of Singapore is seeking an Associate Professor (Practice Track) in Integrated Sustainable Design. The role involves leading studios and courses in a graduate program focused on sustainable design strategies in architecture and urban planning. Candidates should have a background in architecture or urban design, with a Master's degree required. The position is based in Singapore and offers competitive remuneration and benefits.
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• Job Description

The Department of Architecture invites applications for the position of Associate Professor (Practice) position.

The Master of Science (Integrated Sustainable Design) is a one-year graduate degree programme that has established a reputation for advancing a systems approach to design. We understand the systems designer as one who formulates holistic, data-driven, and sustainable strategies into urban planning and architecture. He/she has the capacity to visualise and develop pedagogies around a systems approach to design that considers social, economic, and ecological factors, and apply them to multi-scalar problems, linking regional planning, urban design, and building systems. Knowledge of data-driven methods and tools (AI, GIS, parametric modelling) for predictive and evidence-based modelling will be advantageous.

The Department of Architecture in the College of Design and Engineering is ranked among the top 10 in the world, and Asia’s best in Architecture/Built Environment, based on the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (2024). It offers the professionally accredited Master of Architecture programme as well as a range of graduate and undergraduate programmes in related fields such as urban planning/design, landscape architecture and conservation. The faculty is correspondingly diverse and international. The Department offers internationally competitive remuneration, generous employment benefits as well as access to research funding for both junior and senior academics. International applicants will also receive subsidized housing at Kent Vale, a faculty residence on the NUS campus.
• Qualifications

We are looking for a forward-thinking and energetic professional to lead studios and core courses/electives in the Master of Science (Integrated Sustainable Design) programme. The successful applicant may also be involved in other programmes in urban planning, urban design, landscape architecture and architecture. We are particularly interested in candidates who are able to develop interdisciplinary research addressing pressing environmental, urban, and social challenges in Asia.

Applicants should have an architecture, urban design and/or environmental science background and hold minimally a Master degree from a professionally accredited programme.

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. To apply, please provide the required documents in pdf and indicate which position you are applying for. Applications after that date may be accepted if positions are still available. Expected start date of the appointment is 2026.
• A letter of interest
• A complete Curriculum Vitae
• A portfolio showing major projects and other forms of professional practice.
• A statement of teaching (maximum two pages) and a sample syllabus of a course to be taught.
• A complete list of publications, patents, and other inventions and creative activity.
• Names of four referees with contact details (who will be contacted only if shortlisted).

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